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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

तस्याः क्षीरेण नित्यं स सायं प्रातर्द्विजो मुनिः । करोति होममग्नौ हि सुसमिद्धे जितव्रतः

tasyāḥ kṣīreṇa nityaṃ sa sāyaṃ prātardvijo muniḥ | karoti homamagnau hi susamiddhe jitavrataḥ

اس کے دودھ سے وہ دْوِج مُنی روزانہ صبح و شام خوب بھڑکی ہوئی مقدس آگ میں ہوم کرتا تھا، اور اپنے ورتوں میں ثابت قدم رہتا تھا۔

तस्याःof her
तस्याः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘of her’
क्षीरेणwith milk
क्षीरेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘with milk’
नित्यम्daily
नित्यम्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणप्रयोगः)
Formक्रियाविशेषण-अव्ययप्रयोगः (adverbial accusative: ‘always/daily’)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘he’
सायम्in the evening
सायम्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसायम् (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb ‘in the evening’)
प्रातर्in the morning
प्रातर्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रातर् (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb ‘in the morning’)
द्विजःthe twice-born (brahmin)
द्विजः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘twice-born (brahmin)’
मुनिःsage
मुनिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘sage’ (apposition to द्विजः)
करोतिperforms
करोति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकारः (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; ‘does/performs’
होमम्fire-offering
होमम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहोम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘homa’
अग्नौin the fire
अग्नौ:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘in the fire’
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formहेतौ/निश्चये निपातः (particle ‘indeed/for’)
सुसमिद्धेwell-kindled
सुसमिद्धे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु + समिद्ध (कृदन्त; सम्+√इध् ‘to kindle’)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (agreeing with अग्नौ understood: ‘in well-kindled (fire)’)
जितव्रतःself-controlled, firm in vows
जितव्रतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootजित + व्रत (प्रातिपदिकौ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (jita-vrata: ‘one whose vows are conquered/controlled’; self-restrained)

Sūta (deduced, continuous narration)

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Scene: A disciplined sage performs morning and evening homa before a bright, well-fed fire; vessels of milk/ghee nearby, the āśrama calm and ordered.

N
Nandinī
D
Dvija Muni
A
Agni
H
Homa

FAQs

Steadfast daily worship—performed with purity and regularity—sustains dharma and strengthens inner discipline (vrata).

Indirectly the Arbuda sacred landscape is the setting; the verse emphasizes āśrama practice within that tīrtha-region.

Daily homa/Agnihotra performed morning and evening in a well-kindled fire, using milk as the offering substance.